"George Steinbrenner talked to Pedro and his agent, at their request. Maybe there is real interest there, maybe not, no one knows what Steinbrenner thinks anymore, certainly not anybody outside the Yankee bunkers in Tampa and the Bronx; the only time he talks to the public is through Howard Rubenstein, mouthpiece to the stars. More likely, Steinbrenner thought a meeting like that would make the people running the Red Sox go all weak at the knees. And Martinez must think that having the Yankees in play gives him more leverage with the Red Sox, which it surely does not.
Into the middle of that action comes Minaya, a GM on the make, one who clearly wants everybody to know he is in town. Does he look a lot like Steve Phillips on this one, going for a big name and a big headline? You bet. You know what Minaya thinks? He is going for the best free-agent pitcher out there and who's Steve Phillips?"
Do I even need to comment on this? It basically speaks for itself. In two simple paragraphs, Mike Lupica just codified his own stupidity and hypocrisy.
Steinbrenner is a clown with ulterior motives when he speaks to Pedro (he thought it would make the people running the Red Sox go all weak in the knees?), Minaya is a genius (he wasn't merely trying to intimidate the Red Sox or the Braves, he's just a kewl kat doin' his Shizea thizang).
Lupica is not the sole voice to okay the pursuit of Pedro, but he was the sole voice to praise the Kazmir trade and he was the sole voice to praise the alleged pursuit of Sammy Sosa. Hmmm ... that's kind of odd. I think I figured it out. The Mets GMs are smart no matter what they do. It's a corollary to the Lupica theory that the Yankees are always stupid.
I'm also amused by the following:
"They didn't want to hear all the reasons why the Mets couldn't afford A-Rod, or why they didn't think one of the best players in the world would fit in at Shea Stadium." ARod is suddenly one of the best players in the world? Hasn't Lupica spent the last year explaining how ARod is an overpaid sissy who strikes out too much (and who shouldn't bat second)? How can Lupica's opinions change so effortlessly when it suits his needs?
"I think he'll stay in Boston, unless he leaves a great situation over money the way Jason Giambi did." The way Jason Giambi did? You mean the way Tom Glavine did. The way Ivan Rodriguez did. The way David Cone did. The way Miguel Tejada did. The way Roger Clemens did. The way Mike Piazza did. Too many to mention, actually. Just about every free agent over the past few decades is all. Let's single out Jason Giambi because he's a Yankee ... and he'll therefore have to endure the Scorn of Lupica.
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